Terms

Core Personal Consumption Expenditures Measure

Nick Name
Core Personal Consumption Expenditures
Abbreviation
Core PCE
The Core Personal Consumption Index (Core PCE) excludes volatile food and energy prices from the full PCE.

  • Considered to be the Federal Reserve's favorite way to measure inflation
  • Excludes volatile food & energy prices from the full PCE Index
    • Offers a more stable long-term outlook


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